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While most seniors were getting sentimental about leaving their childhood behind and going to college, I had my bags packed and was rearing to get the f*** out of there. I was so beyond done with high school, it was laughable.

My senior year was particularly....interesting to say the least. I experienced all the cliche' high school drama in a few months time. My first love, an intense cat fight, a complicated love triangle (that eventually grew to other geometrical shapes), backstabbing, heartbreak, all that good stuff. I was so ready to be done leave it all behind and never think about it again.

However, a few days ago, all the bull I thought I left came a knocking. While trying to make amends with one of the people involved in my Senior year fiasco, all the old feelings and stupidity came back. Why is it so hard to just get away from the past? Even though I'm miles away, moving on, preparing for a new time in my life, its still coming back. Why can't it just be over? Why does everyone want to hang on to drama? Why does everyone want to remain that stupid immature person they were?

I truly wish there were some kind of cord you could cut for every new era of your life. Just like when the doctor cut the cord when you finally left your mother's womb, you should be able to cut the cord right before you start middle school, then high school, then college, then marriage, etc. Life would be so much easier if all of the stuff from your past didn't come with you. If you could take the lessons you learned only, and leave everything else behind, that would a nearly perfect world.